Combed North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware Rim Sherd

One buff bodied North Midlands/Staffordshire Slipware hollowware rim sherd coated on both surfaces with a white slip that appears yellow under a lead glaze. The exterior is decorated with a stripe of red slip that appears brown under the glaze. This sherd is likely part of the same vessel as sherds 906.1, 906.4, 906.5, 906.10, 906.11. May be part of a mug.

• Object number

  906.41

• Date made

  1660 - 1720s

• Decoration

  Combed

• Color

  Brown

• Animals/objects

  Mug

  Hollowware

• Category

  Household

• Class

  Ceramic

• Functions

  Unknown

• Material

  Coarse Earthenware

• Context

  Lot 10* Front Portion, Deposit GBS: Gray and Black Silt (624.906)

• Forms

  Rim

• Ware types

  North Midlands/Staffordshire-Type Slipware

• Techniques

  Wheel turned